Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-01-28
KENTUCKY KNOWLEDGE.
Mrs. W. II. Miller, aged 90, fell
dead of apoplexy, at Louisville.

Abner Crump, an old negro 20
years old, fell dead of heart disease,
in Daviess county.
Mrs. Ben Hardin Helen has been
recommended for re-appointment as
postmistress at Eizabethtown.
Sam1. Peters was run over and
killed by a train at Milldale, near
Covington, Tuesday.
Chas. McCloskey's barn at Bards-
town was burned by an incendiary
and nine horses were destroyed Mon
day.
The Albion Lumber company at
Ricedale, Muhlenberg county, has
shut down its mills on account OF
mortgages.
The saloons of Lancaster have be-
gun 70 close under the new prohibit
ton law. The last one will shut up
in August.
A boy named John Jackman touch
ell match to a dynamite cartridge
at Stanford TO see what it would do.
IL took Off three of his fingers.
Daniel Yeager, COL, who was cut
and shot at Central City Christmas
eve by Chas. Harris, col, has died of
his wounds and Harris has been ar
rested.
Robi. johnson is in jail at Stanford
charged with having two wives. He
denies that he has ever been married
to No. 2, but claims that he merely
"took up" with her.
c. NJ. White, of Lexington, has
bought the pooling privileges of the
Latonia race track for the fall and
winter meetings, paying therefor
$53,7
The negroes of Augusta will at
tempt TO elect four of the eight coun-
cllmen to be chosen the coming
spring. They have already put out
ticket with four of their race on it.
A large rock fell on the c. & o
track near Central City in deep cut
and the eastbound passenger train
was saved from wreck by ten. year
old boy who discovered it and sig
nailed the train just in time. The
passengers made up a purse for him.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, January FL
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Sperinfegle, liv-
ing on Fetter avenue, were taking
their two-year-old infant TO the St.
Louis cemetery for interment when
they were startled with peculiar
noises issuing from the coffin. AT
first the parents were dumfounded,
but the father placing his ear against
the cofiin-lid, heard the baby cries of
what he thought to be his dead child.
lie tried to force open the lid, but in
vain. Placing the coffin on his shout
ders he hurried to neighboring gro
Gerry, and with a Ratchet burst the lid.
The child, with outstretched arms
and with the faintest cries, held its
tiny hands out TO him. The baby
was taken back home, and though
very III, is not beyond the hope of re-
covery.
The strangest feature of the case is
that the child was supposed to have
died early yesterday morning. A
physician pronounced it dead. Since
the moment of its supposed demise
the body had been closely watched
by the grief-stricken parents, and no
sign of life was evident. 1t got icy
cold, and was as stiff as a corpse
There were no signs of breathing and
the eyes were set as if in death. Sew
eral doctors, who have been attracted |
to the case by its popularity, seem
to think the child was in a trance
The funeral procession was near the
cemetery, and if the cries of the IN
FAINT had not been so timely heard,
it would have, in a few minutes, been
buried. The attending friends gath
cred around the now joyous parents,
and the funeral cortege was turned
back.